Kick Off: Storybook start to Dynamo's new stadium

The newest soccer stadium in America is only one match old but it already has a memorable moment written into its history.

Brad Davis scored one of the best goals of the MLS season to give the Houston Dynamo a 1-0 win over D.C. United in the victorious christening of BBVA Compass Stadium which featured a standing-room only crowd (watch the highlights here). "If this isn't the best [stadium], it's among the top three," part-owner Gabriel Brener said.

The Dynamo, who will be back in action at BBVA on Tuesday night, may have won the match, but that didn’t stop two fans from crying their eyes out in The House That Ching Built. Find out who they were here: One of them was a two-time Olympic medalist. Also, check out the rest of the celebrity list on hand here.

Next stop for the defending champion Galaxy: A visit with Barack Obama at The White House.

The attendance in Seattle was the third largest for an MLS match in club history and they saw a dandy, although the hometown Sounders came out on the wrong end of a 1-0 result against league leaders Real Salt Lake (watch the highlights here). "When top teams meet, there's sometimes not a lot that separates the two,” says Seattle manager Sigi Schmid.

After the road win, RSL now have just one league game and the US Open Cup on their schedule between now and June 16 due to FIFA dates. "It’s just goofy," RSL general manager Garth Lagerwey said, "It’s going to look goofy like this, I think, for the foreseeable future."

The Red Bulls leaped into first place in the East thanks in part to Sporting Kansas City’s 2-1 loss at Chicago (watch the highlights here). SKC manager Peter Vermes suggests “the score line is not indicative of how we played,” and he was also very direct regarding his thoughts on the ejection to Sporting’s Roger Espinoza: “It’s not a red card,” Vermes said. “There’s nothing to speak of other than that. It was not a good call and it changed the game completely.”

The Columbus Crew also made a move in the East standings. They used a stunning strike from Justin Meram and a rare header from Sebastian Miranda to overcome a Fabian Castillo goal that the Crew’s Tony Tchani was beating himself up about (watch the highlights here). The come-from-behind 2-1 win has the Crew dreaming big: “If we keep playing this way we can play with anybody in the league,” says defender Josh Williams.

Also feeling good about themselves were Chivas USA, despite conceding an equalizer two minutes from time to Alan Gordon and the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday night (watch the highlights here). “I think if you were to tell us that we were going to come in here and get a point, we would have been happy with that,” admitted Chivas USA goalkeeper Dan Kennedy.

It wasn’t exactly the same drama experienced in Manchester, but Santos Laguna pulled out a miracle to tie 3-3 and knock out UANL Tigres with two goals in the last four minutes by Oribe Peralta (watch the highlights here). Next they face Monterrey in the final. (VIDEO)